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Imboulou Dam

dam in Republic of the Congo

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ2885029 ↗
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The Imboulou Dam is a dam on the Léfini River, on the border between Djoué-Léfini Department and Plateaux Department in the Republic of the Congo, about 300 kilometers north of Brazzaville. It was inaugurated by President Denis Sassou-Nguesso on the 7 May 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Imboulou Dam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.